2020-23670
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 207 (Monday, October 26, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 207 (Monday, October 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 67723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23670]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected costs and burden.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 25, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted within 30 days of this
notice's publication to OIRA, at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Please find this particular information collection by
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments''
or by using the website's search function. Comments can be entered
electronically by clicking on the ``comment'' button next to the
information collection on the ``OIRA Information Collections Under
Review'' page, or the ``View ICR--Agency Submission'' page. A copy of
the supporting statement for the collection of information discussed
herein may be obtained by visiting https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
In addition to the submission of comments to https://Reginfo.gov as
indicated above, a copy of all comments submitted to OIRA may also be
submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the
``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') by clicking on the ``Submit Comment'' box
next to the descriptive entry for OMB Control No. 3038-0097, at https://comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/PublicInfo.aspx.
Or by either of the following methods:
Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail above.
All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied
by an English translation. Comments submitted to the Commission should
include only information that you wish to make available publicly. If
you wish the Commission to consider information that you believe is
exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, a petition
for confidential treatment of the exempt information may be submitted
according to the procedures established in Sec. 145.9 of the
Commission's regulations.\1\ The Commission reserves the right, but
shall have no obligation, to review, pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse
or remove any or all of your submission from https://www.cftc.gov that
it may deem to be inappropriate for publication, such as obscene
language. All submissions that have been redacted or removed that
contain comments on the merits of the ICR will be retained in the
public comment file and will be considered as required under the
Administrative Procedure Act and other applicable laws, and may be
accessible under the Freedom of Information Act.
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\1\ 17 CFR 145.9.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Wallace, Senior Special Counsel,
Division of Clearing and Risk, Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
(202) 418-5150; email: [email protected], and refer to OMB Control No.
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3038-0097.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Process for Review of Swaps for
Mandatory Clearing (OMB Control No. 3038-0097). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved information collection.
Abstract: The Commodity Exchange Act and Commission regulations
require a derivatives clearing organization (``DCO'') that wishes to
accept a swap for clearing to be eligible to clear the swap and to
submit the swap to the Commission for a determination as to whether the
swap is required to be cleared. Commission Regulation 39.5 sets forth
the process for these submissions. The Commission will use the
information in this collection to determine whether a DCO that wishes
to accept a swap for clearing is eligible to clear the swap and whether
the swap should be required to be cleared.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. On August 17, 2020, the Commission
published in the Federal Register notice of the proposed extension of
this information collection and provided 60 days for public comment on
the proposed extension, 85 FR 50012 (``60-Day Notice'') The Commission
did not receive any comments on the 60-Day Notice.
Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is
estimated to be as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per Respondent: 40.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 600.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.\2\
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\2\ While the 60-day Notice indicates ``daily, annual, and on
occasion,'' the frequency of information collection is only ``on
occasion'' based on current data.
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There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs
associated with this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: October 21, 2020.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020-23670 Filed 10-23-20; 8:45 am]
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